Q Sonsogar is the highest peak of ___
1 Goa
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Odisha
4 Maharashtra
Q Which is an animal trading festival of Gujarat ?
1 Vautha Mela
2 Madhavpur Mela
3 Nauchandi Mela
4 Minjar Mela
Q Which of the following options is a martial art form associated with Tamil Nadu ?
1 Kalaripayattu
2 Thoda
3 Thang-ta
4 Silambam
Q Who is the author of the controversial novel ‘Lajja’?
Ans 1. Arundhati Roy
2. Shobhaa De
3. Taslima Nasrin
4. Kiran Bedi
Q Who among the following was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award in 1965?
1. Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
2. Dr ONV Kurup
3. G Sankara Kurup
4. Dr MT Vasudevan Nair
Q In which year was the Badminton Association of India formed?
Ans 1. 1967
2. 1956
3. 1934
4. 1978
Q ‘Kamsale’ is a dance form traditional to the state of ______.
Ans 1. Goa
2. Gujarat
3. Assam
4. Karnataka
Q For which discovery in 1932 was James Chadwick best known?
Ans 1. Neutron
2. Proton
3. Electron
4. Thermal ionization
Q The process by which waste by-products are removed from the body is commonly known as _.
1 Excretion
2 Respiration
3 Reproduction
4 Suction
Q The Kambala festival of Karnataka is essentially associated with what ?
1 Cock fighting
2 Buffalo race
3 Tribal dance
4 Bull fighting
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Changing India’?
Ans 1. Manmohan Singh
2. Abhishek Manu Singhvi
3. Shashi Tharoor
4. Satyarth Nayak
Q The Hill Palace Museum is located in ______.
1 Kerala
2 Karnataka
3 Gujarat
4 Maharashtra
Q Who discovered Pluto ?
1 Clyde Tombaugh
2 William Herschel
3 Mathew Webb
4 Nicolaus Copernicus
Q With which Indian state is the ‘Panthi’ dance form associated?
Ans 1. Maharashtra
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Kerala
4. Punjab
Q Who among the following took the title of ‘Ghazi’ after defeating Rana Sanga in the Battle of Khanwa in 1527?
1 Daulat Khan Lodhi
2 Mahmud Shah I
3 Babur
4 Humayun
Q The first Bharat Ratna award of Independent India was given to :
1 CNR Rao
2 CV Raman
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 Sardar Patel
| 1954 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari [ Last Governor General of India / and the founder of Swatantra Party] , Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan [ First Vice-President of India ] and Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman [ CV Raman won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scattering of light in the year 1930 ] |
Q Which animal was the official mascot of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011?
1 Tiger
2 Lion
3 Horse
4 Elephant [ Stumpy ]
Q According to the census 2011, which state is the most populous state in India?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Rajasthan
3 Kerala
4 Uttar Pradesh
Q Who among the following was the architect of Laxmi Vilas Palace ?
1 Le Corbusier
2 Robert Chisholm
3 William Emerson
4 George Wittet
Q Which Mauryan ruler was called ‘Amitrochates’ by the Greeks?
1 Samudragupta
2 Chandragupta I
3 Kanishka
4 Bindusara
Q Which of the following is an example of Phylum Mollusca of the animal kingdom?
1 Dolphin
2 Octopus
3 King crab
4 Sea horse
Q Which of the following was a revolutionary organisation formed outside India in 1913?
1 Indian National Congress
2 Ghadar Party
3 Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Simon Commission
Q Which of the following dances is performed by women from the countryside villages of Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh?
1 Padyani
2 Matki dance
3 Thirayattam
4 Dandia Raas
Q In 1866, who among the following founded the East India Association in London?
1 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2 Dadabhai Naoroji
3 Satyendra Nath Tagore
4 Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Q Which of the following dance form is NOT associated with Haryana ?
1 Rouf
2 Phag
3 Khoria
4 Gugga
Q The principle of Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution has been borrowed from which of the following countries?
1 Canada
2 South Africa
3 United States of America
4 United Kingdom
Q The chemical formula of washing soda is _.
1 Na2CO3. 10H2O
2 Ca(OH)2
3 Na2SO4
4 NaHCO3
Q The fundamental duties are defined under which Article of the Indian Constitution?
1 53A
2 50A
3 51A
4 52A
Q Who among the following was the founder of the Vakataka Dynasty?
1 Pravarasena I
2 Vindhyashakti
3 Pravarasena II
4 Prabhavatigupta
Q In 1928, the _ was founded at a meeting in Ferozeshah Kotla ground in Delhi.
Amongst its leaders were Bhagat Singh, Jatin Das and Ajoy Ghosh.
1 All India Depressed Classes Association
2 Madras Presidency Association
3 Kabui Naga Association
4 Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Q Buddha Purnima, celebrated by the devotees of Gautam Buddha, is celebrated in the Hindu month of ___.
1 Chaitra
2 Vaisakha
3 Phalguna
4 Magha
Q West Bengal shares its longest border with which country?
1 Bhutan
2 Nepal
3 Myanmar
4 Bangladesh [ 2,217 km ]
Q Who is known as the Father of Plant Tissue Culture ?
1 Carl Linnaeus
2 Panchanan Maheshwari
3 Gottlieb Haberlandt
4 Dr William Roxburgh
Q Which of the following dance forms is associated with Sikkim?
1 Tashi Sabdo
2 Munari
3 Bhangra
4 Kolattam
Q Who wrote the book ‘The Three Musketeers” ?
1 Alexander Dumas
2 Jane Austen
3 Mark Twain
4 Charles Dickens
Q Earth revolves around Sun. Who was the Ist one to present this theory ?
1 Nicolaus Copernicus
2 Einstein
3 Galileo
4 Newton
Q Which is the Coldest planet ?
1 Neptune
2 Mercury
3 Venus
4 Mars
Q Name the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court ?
1 Leila Seth
2 Fatima Bibi
3 Ruma Pal
4 Indu Malhotra
Q Name the first Indian to get Bharat Ratna posthumously ?
1 Lal Bahadur Shastri
2 K Kamraj
3 Acharya Vinoba Bhave
4 MG Ramachandran
Q The Nagzira Tiger Reserve is located in __________.
Ans 1. Goa
2. Maharashtra
3. Sikkim
4. Rajasthan
Q The number of parliamentary seats [ Lok Sabha ] of Gujarat is _______
1 26
2 50
3 33
4 75
Q Who was the second woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and the first Indian woman to do so ?
1 Sarojini Naidu
2 Aruna Asaf Ali
3 Kamla Chattopadhyay
4 Madam Bhikaji Cama
Q What were the names of Atom Bombs dropped on Japan ?
Ans Little Boy and Fat Man
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the detonation of two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945
Q Whose reign in Indian History is called the Golden Age of India ?
1 Gupta Empire
2 Mughal Empire
3 Gupta Empire
4 Maurya Empire
Q What is the approximate circumference of earth ?
1 40,075 km
2 13000 km
3 20,000 km
4 25,000 km
Q Which glass is used to make spectacles ?
1 Crook’s glass
2 Soda glass
3 Potash glass
4 Jena glass
Q Bovidae Ovis is the scientific name of____
1 Sheep
2 Cow
3 Goat
4 Camel
Q Who invented Antibiotics ?
1 Alexander Fleming
2 Edward Jenner
3 Robert Koch
4 Louis Pasteur
Q Ferns belongs to which division of plants ?
1 Pteridophyta
2 Bryophyta
3 Algae
4 Thallophyta
Q Which is secreted by the liver ?
1 Mucus
2 Bile
3 Hydrochloric acid
4 Pancreatic juice
Q The wilting of plants takes place due to _____
1 Transpiration
2 Photosynthesis
3 Absorption
4 Respiration
Q The yellow colour of human urine is due to _____
1 Urochrome
2 Urea
3 Uric acid
4 Bilirubin
Q Ajanta caves in Maharashtra have rock-cut cave monuments of which religion ?
1 Buddhism
2 Sikhism
3 Jainism
4 Christianity
Who out of the following had served as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army?
1 General Sam Manekshaw
2 General Arjan Singh
3 General K.M. Cariappa
4 General Maharaj Rajendra Sinhji